One of three yearlong workshops that are required of all LAIC Ph.D. students, the Lecture Series (SPAN GR9045 & SPAN GR9046) will require that students participate actively in the guest lectures and workshops that the department sponsors throughout the academic year. Students must attend each lecture and will fulfill various roles throughout the year: they will introduce guest speakers, coordinate panels, serve as discussants, or moderate debates following lectures and presentations. This series will train students to assume different professional roles. The workshop component of the Lecture Series, also required of all students in the program, will be led by the series coordinator along with the relevant event’s organizer, who will engage every first-year student as a collaborator in a particular role.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Students register in this course while preparing their M.Phil. examinations and prospectus--usually in the fall and spring of their third year.